MATLAP the random walk

The Random Walker

 Due April 9th by Midnight

 Work in Groups of up to 3 students

 Submit exercise via email.

 Note: All programming must be done by the

individual groups (NO COPYING). This is a

graded homework activity. Do not use pre-

developed code from the internet.

Exercise:

Create the Random Walker toy that tracks the

movement of n balls as they move through the toy. As

the balls fall down the toy, they can move to either the

right or left of each peg. There are total of 15 levels

with 16 columns to capture each of the balls.

Using a combination of functions, loops, and vectors

to create the Random Walker toy. Create a figure that

includes all of the pegs, and shows each ball

individually dropping through the pegs (Hint use the

drawnow command). At the bottom, show the balls colleting in columns.

Increase the number of balls. How does this change the distribution?

Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jQwZ2VgRZQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_walk